FİRST RECORD OF AETOMYLAEUS BOVİNUS (GEOFFROY ST. HİLAİRE, 1817) (ELASMOBRANCHİİ: MYLİOBATİDAE), FROM THE SEA OF MARMARA

First record of Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817) (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatidae), from the Sea of Marmara

Murat Bilecenoğlu

Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, 09010 Aydın, TURKEY

Abstract

A single female individual of Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817) was observed and photographed off Soğanlıdere (Çanakkale Strait) on 15 May 2019, which represents a first record for the Sea of Marmara ichthyofauna.

Keywords: Aetomylaeus bovinus, Myliobatidae, Sea of Marmara

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